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The Intersection Problem Fahlman, Scott E. This paper is intended as a supplement to AI MEMO 331, "A System for Representing and Using Real-World Knowledge". It is an attempt to redefine and clarify what I now believe the central theme of the research to be. Briefly, I will present the following points: 1. The operation of set-intersection, performed upon large pre-existing sets, plays a pivotal role in the processes of intelligence. 2. Von Neumann machines intersect large sets very slowly....